MLB Postseason on DISH: Matchups, Schedule and More
The 2026 MLB Postseason is wasting no time. Three teams have already punched their tickets to the Division Series, with the New York Yankees sweeping the rival Red Sox, the San Diego Padres knocking out the Cubs in two games, and the upstart Chicago White Sox keeping their remarkable season rolling with a sweep of the AL West champion Astros. Now, the Division Series takes center stage as the postseason field narrows and the road to the World Series gets a whole lot tougher.
How to watch the MLB Postseason with DISH
The Division Series and League Championship Series move to TBS, truTV, FOX, and FS1, and the World Series lands on FOX. String those together and you can follow your all the action until the last out of the Fall Classic.
Here is round by round coverage:
Division Series and League Championship Series (TBS, truTV, FOX, FS1): The American League rounds run on TBS and truTV, and the National League rounds run on FOX and FS1 — all carried in America's Top 120, so the same package that gets you the Wild Card round carries these games too.
World Series (FOX): The Fall Classic returns to FOX, available in all DISH packages.
2026 Division Series preview
New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays
The Rays spent much of 2026 setting the pace in the American League, finishing 98-64 to win the AL East and secure the No. 1 seed. Their reward is a familiar opponent. Tampa Bay edged New York 7-6 in the season series, including a four-game set in the Bronx during the final week of the regular season.
Tampa Bay enters rested, with Drew Rasmussen lined up for Game 1 after going 16-5 with a 2.67 ERA. He’s also had plenty of success against the Yankees, posting a 1.81 ERA and 0.86 WHIP in 11 career appearances. Junior Caminero, Yandy Díaz and Jonathan Aranda lead a lineup that helped power one of the best regular seasons in Rays history.
The Yankees arrive with momentum after cruising past Boston 9-0 and 9-2 in the Wild Card round. Ben Rice has been red-hot, while Cody Bellinger drove in four runs in the clincher. The biggest question is Aaron Judge, who missed the Wild Card Series with a right calf strain and continues to work toward a return.
These division rivals have met just once before in October, with Tampa Bay eliminating New York in a five-game ALDS in 2020. Six years later, they finally get the rematch with actual home crowds in the stands.
Yankees vs. Rays ALDS schedule
Game 1: Yankees 0, Rays 1
Game 2: Yankees 2, Rays 5
Game 3: Rays 4, Yankees 3
Rays win 3-0
Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Guardians
The AL Central came down to the wire, with Cleveland ultimately edging Chicago by a single game. The White Sox spent 96 days with at least a share of the division lead, but the Guardians surged past them in September and finished 85-77 to earn their third consecutive AL Central crown and a first-round bye.
If the regular season is any indication, don't expect much separation now. Chicago took seven of 13 meetings, but the teams were separated by just one run overall, with the White Sox holding a 58-57 scoring advantage. Seven games were decided by a single run, including four walk-off finishes.
They also get it done in very different ways. The White Sox flexed plenty of muscle this season, ranking fifth in MLB with 211 home runs. Munetaka Murakami, Colson Montgomery and Miguel Vargas each topped 30 homers. Cleveland's strength is on the mound, where Parker Messick and Gavin Williams helped lead the rotation and All-Star closer Cade Smith finished with a 1.95 ERA and an MLB-best 41 saves.
Chicago isn't exactly limping into the matchup, either. The White Sox dispatched Houston in two games for their first postseason series win since the 2005 World Series, taking the opener 6-3 and the clincher 7-3.
After six months and 162 games, just one victory separated these teams. Now the AL Central rivals get a postseason series to break the tie.
White Sox vs. Guardians ALDS schedule
Game 1: White Sox 3, Guardians 0
Game 2: White Sox 4, Guardians 3
Game 3: Guardians 9, White Sox 3
Game 4: Thursday, October 8, 8 PM ET — Guardians at White Sox - TBS
Game 5 (if necessary): Saturday, October 10, TBD — White Sox at Guardians - TBS
San Diego Padres at Milwaukee Brewers
The Brewers enter October after a regular season for the record books. Milwaukee finished 103-59, the best mark in baseball and a franchise high, securing home-field advantage throughout the postseason. Jacob Misiorowski powered the rotation with a 1.80 ERA and 252 strikeouts, while Jackson Chourio delivered another 20-homer, 20-steal season.
Waiting for them is a Padres team carrying plenty of momentum. San Diego closed the regular season by winning eight of its final 10, then made quick work of the Cubs in the Wild Card round. The Padres won 8-0 and 4-1 and held the lead for 17 of the series' 18 innings.
So it's the team that owned the regular season against one that's hitting its stride in October. This could be a good one.
Padres vs. Brewers NLDS schedule
Game 1: Padres 2, Brewers 3
Game 2: Padres 3, Brewers 4
Game 3: Brewers 3, Padres 4
Game 4: Brewers 3, Padres 1
Brewers win 3-1
Atlanta Braves at Los Angeles Dodgers
The wait is over, and the matchup is a heavyweight. The Los Angeles Dodgers drew the Atlanta Braves in the NL Division Series — a rematch of the 2021 NLCS, the series Atlanta won in six on its way to a title. This time the Dodgers hold home-field edge and something history hasn't seen in a quarter-century: a real shot at a third straight World Series.
Los Angeles earned the NL's No. 2 seed and a first-round bye on the back of its 13th NL West crown in 14 seasons, then watched from the couch as the Braves survived a winner-take-all scrap with Philadelphia to punch through the Wild Card round. The reward for all that rest? The one opponent nobody in L.A. wanted to see. Atlanta took five of six meetings from the Dodgers during the regular season, including a three-game sweep at Truist Park in late August — the Braves have simply had Los Angeles's number in 2026.
The split in Games 1 and 2 at Dodger Stadium set the tone, and now the series tilts east. Game 3 is Tuesday at Truist Park, where Atlanta will try to turn its regular-season mastery into a stranglehold. A Game 4 would follow Wednesday in the same building, and if the Dodgers can push it the distance, Game 5 heads back to Los Angeles on Friday. Every out from here carries weight — the back-to-back champs are chasing a dynasty, and the team that's owned them all year is standing in the doorway.
Braves winner vs. Dodgers NLDS schedule
Game 1: Braves 3, Dodgers 5
Game 2: Braves 3, Dodgers 2
Game 3: Dodgers 3, Braves 1
Game 4: Dodgers 4, Braves 1
Dodgers win 3-1
What comes next in the MLB postseason?
From the Division Series, the field narrows to four teams for the American League and National League Championship Series, with both best-of-seven rounds beginning in mid-October. The winners advance to the 2026 World Series, which begins Friday, October 23 on FOX.
October is underway, and the road to the World Series only gets tougher from here.
You can follow all of it with DISH, and with the 2-Year TV Price Guarantee, the price you sign up for is the price you keep through two full Postseasons.
2026 MLB Wild Card results
Three of the four Wild Card Series ended in sweeps, with the White Sox, Yankees and Padres advancing to the Division Series. The Phillies and Braves meet Thursday in the lone winner-take-all Game 3.
Chicago White Sox defeat Houston Astros, 2-0
Game 1 — White Sox 6, Astros 3
Game 2 — White Sox 7, Astros 3
New York Yankees defeat Boston Red Sox, 2-0
Game 1 — Yankees 9, Red Sox 0
Game 2 — Game 2: Yankees 9, Red Sox 2
Philadelphia Phillies at Atlanta Braves, series tied 1-1
Game 1 — Braves 5, Phillies 3
Game 2 — Phillies 4, Braves 3
Game 3 — Thursday, October 1, 8PM ET
San Diego Padres defeat Chicago Cubs, 2-0
Game 1 —Game 1: Padres 8, Cubs 0
Game 2 — Game 1: Padres 4, Cubs 1
